Someone Else's Wedding

My brother took some spectacular shots of my cousin Grace's wedding, which I stole for my blog. I brought the Flip camera, and learned it's hard to shoot good video.  Don't worry...I'll be my own videographer at my wedding.

Quick facts:  She got married @ Seagrove Park in Del Mar, CA (north of La Jolla) at 430pm on a beautiful day. Consquently, it was near impossible to find parking.  The reception was at the Pearl Chinese Cuisine restaurant, banquet style. Very nice restaurant w/a  Japanese garden outside. She'd already legally married her guy a year ago for immigration reasons.  

We stayed in Irvine...drove down for the wedding...then back to San Gabriel where another cousin picked Ikea furniture over her mother's furniture that's actually good. As a result, I'm going to fully furnish my place, minus dining table + sofa, for free. 

The mothers of the couple anxiously waiting.  The one on the right is my cousin's mom. 

Cousin + attendants. They made their own flowers!

Cake, strawberry on bottom, pineapple (yucky) in the middle. I literally sat this close to the cake. 


Me + the beach underneath.  Lots of people think we look alike, except she's shorter, older, and considerably sweeter. 

a funny thing

off to cousin's wedding tomorrow + wknd. low energy.

spent evening pruning blog, deleting some posts. it's a game to control my search results. moof'd is at #3 and will be #2 once i remove facebook. the idea is pple who look me up, will see what i want them to see in the first few results. i'm undecided as to whether to link this personal blog, and whether to continue the twitter account. it's nice to show a history of both, but its not like i have a lot of twitter-friends, and this blog is, well, personal. so while i was thinking about this, one of my tweets got retweeted, complete w/my name of course, to the local hockey twitter community. i dont know any of them. a reminder that internet infamy/death is oh so close like domino pizza's youtube videos.

Jenn & Crispin's Wedding Update!

1) Confirmed 70 guests. Need 75 to reach contract minimum. Anticipated more initially; unfortunate that so many can't afford the trip. Fewer = more opulent!

2) Room rates to 89/99 for king/queen. Book by April 23rd under our block. It's a four star hotel w/ free wine hour!

3) I need a final headcount by May 1, and meal selection by April 20th. But if you can get it to me sooner, that would be good.

4) Children can come, but it is an open bar, with cocktails and adult food. It's not a particularly child friendly reception site, no high chairs or daycare, it is an adult event. The garden will be fun though.

4) Most asked question...where are you registered....it is on the website here.

5) Most asked question among non-attenders...the answer is maybe, depends on where you live and my financial situation.


Anyhow, trying to cross post w/twitter and the wedding website, it's hard to convey info on 3 platforms. Unfortunately, those that can read twitter or blogs, aren't the ones I really need to reach.